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  • Open Letter to the Wholesale Applications Community

     

    Dear Industry Colleagues:

    Further to the public announcement of 15 February 2010, I am very pleased to write this open letter to the initiators of the Wholesale Applications Community on behalf of the Board of LiMo Foundation offering a) our full support, b) our committed participation, and c) our immediate practical assistance in a spirit of whole-industry cooperation.

    It is clear to us that the highly complementary areas of focus, shared belief in true openness and common industry vision create an exceptional opportunity for deep and long-term collaboration between LiMo Foundation and the Wholesale Applications Community to release unfettered innovation across the industry and fully ignite the mobile internet in a way that is compelling and life-enhancing to consumers everywhere.

    LiMo Foundation was launched in 2007 as a constitutionally open, transparent and non-discriminatory industry consortium with the sole purpose of collaboratively delivering a competitive Linux-based device software platform to the industry upon which commercial innovation can freely thrive without brand or business model conflict with the underlying platform. Since LiMo’s launch, three major releases...
  • LiMo Foundation Handset Lineup Expands With New Feature-Rich Devices From ELSE, NEC, Panasonic

    Newest LiMo handsets combine style, durability, and in-demand high-performance functionality

    BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2010 – LiMo Foundation™, a global consortium of leading companies from throughout the mobile industry, today announced new LiMo compliant handsets from manufacturers ELSE, NEC, and Panasonic Mobile Communications. These models bring the number of LiMo devices announced to date to fifty.

    “We welcome the arrival of these innovative new devices which attest to the richness and versatility of LiMo Platform™,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation. “The continued growth of LiMo devices is further endorsement of LiMo’s vision, mission, and technologies.”

    Designed to appeal to consumers seeking elegant, feature-rich handsets, the new models combine next-generation functionality and reliable performance in an array of sleek, sophisticated device designs. Integrating advanced user interface technologies and critical functionality and reliability elements such as keypad-to-touchpad conversion, high-megapixel auto-focus cameras, waterproofing, and extended battery life will ensure a more immersive...
  • Mobile Industry Leaders Collaborate for On-Time Delivery of R3 LiMo Platform

    Latest release of mobile industry’s only independent handset platform imminently available

    BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2010 – LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of leading companies from throughout the mobile industry, today announced the imminent availability of the new R3 release of LiMo Platform™. The updated platform features new support for Location Based Services (LBS) and contact management and extends existing features including support for application management, advanced UI and multimedia technologies, and enhanced security and networking.

    “Delivery of R3 of LiMo Platform is a further important delivery milestone and again for LiMo Foundation demonstrates that powerful likeminded companies can work together practically to create a common platform that is evolved and governed through a truly open and independent process,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. “This latest update to the LiMo Platform also furthers LiMo’s leadership in commercially unifying mobile Linux technologies for the benefit of the whole industry.”
The value of Democratic Platforms & Elections
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Written by Alastair Sheehan, Finance & Operations Director, LiMo Foundation   
Monday, 04 January 2010 13:18

 

The Ancient Greeks created democracy (or so I understand), and the concept has certainly stood the test of time. The establishment of democracy brings with it openness, transparency and empowerment to those that reside within the boundaries of the democracy.The French philosopher, Charles Montesquieu, observed that for a democracy to function, its existence requires a virtuous people where the characteristic means of achieving cooperation is the voluntary observance, not of laws, but of informal codes of conduct.

Such parallels with the LiMo Foundation are striking, for example LiMo has recently seen the  commercialisation of the second release (R2) of the LiMo Platform which was a result of multiple members working collaboratively together in a way that complied with the LiMo Bylaws, but importantly, the collaboration was in a much  deeper and more complex way than those defined by the LiMo Foundation Bylaws.

 

Another example of democracy in action within LiMo is the LiMo Foundation Board Election that determines which members will have seats on the LiMo Foundation Board during a particular year.  The election takes place during the Annual All Members’ Meeting in Barcelona to coincide with the Mobile World Congress event.  This year, the All Members Meeting will be held on Monday 15th February 2010 and will be followed by an Open Industry Event at 17:00 at the Barcelo Sants Hotel. If you would like to attend, please contact our Business Development Director, Andy Bush ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to discuss further.

 

 

Young democracies are rarely perfect, but provided the democratic principles are adhered to, they ameliorate over time.  Within LiMo, governance and collaboration based on democratic principles have produced good results to date, with some exciting plans on the horizon such as a stronger outreach to the developer community. Given the proven democratic constructs within LiMo, I am confident that the mobile industry at large will see the results of future improvements in the near term.

 
 
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